Inco on the brink-o (September 11, 2006)
Just a week after officially shunning Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (rio-n) in favour of Phelps Dodge (PD-N), Inco (N-T, N-N) has terminated its combination agreement with the Arizona-based copper…
Just a week after officially shunning Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (rio-n) in favour of Phelps Dodge (PD-N), Inco (N-T, N-N) has terminated its combination agreement with the Arizona-based copper…
Boart buys driller, banks buy bit of Boart…
Merger news in the gold sector and strong earnings from two of the big banks helped the TSX Composite Index fight through a mid-week slump over the holiday-shortened Aug.29-Sept. 1 period. The index w…
Solid metal prices coupled with further mining mergers continued to buoy the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, which gained 68.41 points to close up 2.5% at 2,761.29 over the Aug. 29-Sept. 1 sessio…
SNC Lavalin — Michael Day appointed senior VP and managing director of subsidiary SNC-Lavalin Australia….
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 4, 2006 (change from Aug. 28 in brackets):…
Continued drilling at Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) Corani discovery in the high Andes of southern Peru has resulted in a 27% increase in the overall contained silver resource, highlighted by a…
As the old adage goes, the best place to find a mine is in the shadow of a headframe. The odds, then, seem stacked in favour of Alexis Minerals (AMC-V, AXSMF-O), which is poking around behind some 60…
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
| Date | Sept. 4 | Sept. 1 | Aug. 31 | Aug. 30 | Aug. 29 | High | Low |
| S&P/TSX-Ven Comp | Holiday | 2761.29 |